Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/08

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Subject: [Leica] Generic M8 batteries
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 13:18:39 +1030
References: <002c01ca9087$3fae9070$80f510ac@chris0436b6050> <3E56A34A-98F5-4496-968B-8163801ED436@btinternet.com>

Two of my Leica ones do this.  I figure if it works it's okay.

Marty

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 4:15 AM, Frank Dernie
<Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Hi Chris, My generic batteries did not show fully charged after I had 
> charged them. I calibrated the camera to the battery following the 
> procedure I found on the Leica web site or Google, which involved leaving 
> the camera switched on until the battery was flat (temporarily disabling 
> the auto-shutoff, in my case) then re-charging the battery. This worked 
> fine on my M8, but they show dead on the M9 :-(
> Frank
>
> On 8 Jan, 2010, at 17:23, Chris Williams wrote:
>
>> I have one generic battery, purchased from B&H for the M8. Seems to work 
>> fine except for the M8 will show the battery has "dead" yet I can 
>> continue to take plenty of images. I know if the stock battery shows 
>> dead, it's dead.
>>
>> Anyone?
>>
>> Chris
>> NOLA
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams) ([Leica] Generic M8 batteries)
Message from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] Generic M8 batteries)